AST RESEARCH, INC. TECHNICAL BULLETIN # 1531 7-19-96 TITLE: Advantage! Explorer, Floppy Drive SUMMARY When making backups or installing large programs, the floppy drive on the Advantage! Explorer system may stop working and the user may be unable to access any diskettes until after a reboot. This issue applies to the following systems: 501939. ISSUE When making backups or installing large programs, the floppy drive may stop working and the user may be unable to access any diskettes until after a reboot. The BIOS the Advantage! Explorer system is using is version 1.03.00. This issue applies to the Advantage! Explorer system, AST part number 501939. BACKGROUND Advantage! Explorer system BIOS versions prior to 1.03.10Q may cause this problem. ACTION Update the Advantage! Explorer system BIOS to version 1.03.10Q, AST part number 905592-031 or higher. File 05592031.EXE is available from one of AST's On-Line! Services as follows: AST WWW Site: http://www.ast.com AST On-Line! BBS*: See IB0001.TXT CompuServe: GO: ASTFORUM Prodigy: Jump: astsupport * Refer to IB0001.TXT for a list of AST's international BBS numbers. To decompress this file, create a temporary directory on your hard drive, copy the downloaded file to that directory, and run the file. For additional information on the Advantage! Explorer system BIOS, see Software Bulletin # 0320 on any of AST's On-Line! Services. NOTES N/A TAN 004532DF --------------------------------------------------------------------- The information in this data sheet is subject to change without notice. AST Research, Inc. shall not be liable for technical or editorial errors or omissions contained herein; nor for incidental or consequential damages resulting from the furnishing, performance, or use of this material. This material contains information protected by copyright. No part of this material may be reproduced in any form without prior written consent from AST Research, Inc. All rights reserved. ---------------------------------------------------------------------